ARCHIVE / 1983PROXIESGROOVIN' OVER BEIRUT
01 — EARLY WORK
Groovin’ over Beirut
Proxies · 1983
Early alternative and synthesizer-led work from the Thessaloniki music scene.
Read the Proxies storyINDEPENDENT MUSICAL PRACTICETHESSALONIKI, GREECE · 1978—NOW
Dimitrios
Bitzenis.
COMPOSER / SONGWRITER / MUSIC PRODUCER
Music as a lifelong
creative language.
From the early recordings of Proxies to decades of independent composition, recording and production — an evolving body of work shaped by curiosity, experimentation and authorship.
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THE WORK
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01 / ARTIST IDENTITY
A creative journey,
not a genre.
Dimitrios Bitzenis is an independent Greek composer, songwriter and music producer from Thessaloniki. His artistic journey began in the late 1970s with Proxies, a group that became part of the city's alternative rock and post-punk scene. As founder and performer, he contributed to a musical world in which guitars, synthesizers, rhythm and original songwriting were allowed to meet without fixed boundaries.
The band's early albums, including Groovin’ over Beirut (1983), form part of an evolving body of work that continued through changing sounds and production technologies. Bitzenis later developed a substantial independent repertoire, with musical works documented through Safe Creative registrations dating back to 2012.
His practice embraces composition, lyrics, arrangement, instrumental performance, recording and production. In 2017, this creative activity also gave rise to freeSongs, a platform built around his original music. Yet the starting point remains the same: the artistic decision to make, shape and share a piece of music.
Dimitrios Bitzenis Artist statement / 2026
02 / SELECTED WORKS
Music, across time.
A small selection from a much larger creative archive. Actual artwork, recordings and technical documentation should be added before award submission.
DOCUMENTED WORKLET THE RADIO PLAY
02 — COMPOSITION / RECORDING
Let the Radio Play
Documented composition · Safe Creative
An example of work with a public authorship and production declaration.
View registrationCONTINUING PRACTICEAN ONGOING
ARCHIVE2012—PRESENT
ARCHIVE2012—PRESENT
03 — INDEPENDENT REPERTOIRE
Works & registrations
Composition · Songwriting · Production
A growing catalogue of original music, documented and released under the artist's name.
Explore registered works03 / THE CREATIVE PROCESS
The work
behind
the work.
For the .ART Award, the story of creation is as important as the finished recording.
For me, a composition begins with an idea worth following: sometimes a melody, sometimes a rhythm, a lyrical phrase, a harmonic movement or simply a musical question. The first task is to find its character. Each decision that follows — arrangement, structure, instrumentation, dynamics and sound — should make that character more distinct.
Across the years I have moved between performance, recording and different generations of music technology. The tools have changed, but I remain interested in the same questions: what makes a song recognizable, why a particular transition creates emotion, how a voice or instrument affects the identity of a piece, and when an arrangement finally says enough.
Documenting these decisions is part of documenting the work itself. Drafts, lyrics, session files, recording notes and published registrations can help reveal the journey between an initial idea and its final sound. This artist archive brings those steps together, alongside the music that grew from them.
Visual documentation to addOwn studio photographs, handwritten lyrics, arrangement screenshots, instrument recordings, and dated registration excerpts. These are needed for an award-ready submission.
04 / CONTINUITY
An evolving archive.
Selected milestones in a long creative career.
1978–79Proxies takes shape
Formation in Thessaloniki's emerging alternative music scene.
1983Groovin’ over Beirut
Early Proxies album released through CVR.
2012 onwardRegistered works
Documented original works in Safe Creative, according to the artist's archive.
2017freeSongs
The artist's original repertoire forms the foundation of an independent music platform.
2026A living artistic identity
bitzenis.art brings the music, creative process and authorship record into one place.
BEYOND THE MUSIC
Independent art.
Independent voice.
freeSongs is one outcome of this continuing artistic practice: an independent platform founded to bring an original repertoire to listeners and professional spaces. The artist, the compositions and the creative process come first.
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